Skirt-templet



u. MAEDA.

SKIRT TEMPLET.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG.I6. 1919.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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SKIRT TEMPLET.

APPLICATION FILED AIIG.I6, I9I9.

PatentedSept. 13, 1921.

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To' all whom it may @foncire:V

f Be itl known that I, U'IoiiiRo MADA. a citizen of Japan, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of `Los Angeles and State'of Galifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Teniplets, of which the'following is a speci-negation. y Y l This invention relates to skirt templets,

and is particularly adapted to Y be iised as la guide for the cutting ent of ladies and chil- `drens dress skirt patterns to 'conform to any desired measurements;

The object 'of iny invention is to provide a templet wherebyanyone, even though they be unskilled in the art, outv a skirt pat- =tern`"withaccuracy, and 1n fp reper proportions, in aecordan'ee with g'lven'frneasurements; v y y vOther objects will appear in thefollowing description, will be pointed' out inthe. elaine, and embodied vthe 'a'eenipanying drawings, in which:Y A

f Figure 1 l is a plan view Vbf'iny invention,

drawn t0ny a 'small-Scale, no'atteinpt being the; aceuraey ofthe division f Fig. 3'is a plan view 'f va sheet 'of paper showing a `@atterri 'oraal-fief 'the freni; of the skirt, and 'heifer the bac'krofthe skirt,

laid out on the same bythe use ofthe teinplet.

Figa is; a pian View of the f'onthaif of vthe skirt patterna'fter itllias been eut out 1 fronithe paper, shown laidin proper position upon-"a piece of cloth 'after saideloth -has been vfolded at the front edge oi the thin sheet of leatherboard, cardboard, l'or metarvwhich 'ijs shaped te "conform to' the y'half ofV a large skirt, -extending vi'fre'm the front to the back. The edge 11 represents the, front ofthe skirt, 12 lthe back, 13 the4 weist lia' lid 14 the bottom lhe body Specification ofLetters Patent. i .Patenteduseph 1.3,V Apiicaton md 'Auglst 16311919.` serial N bgaia'olv. s i

portion 10 is preferablyf-madeintwo-jseiei tions 15 and 16 secured together'by a plu- -ralit'y ofconirnon snap fasteners 17', in order that the ltemp'let may be readily'taken apart and the two "seotions placed side by Side lfor convenience in transportation.v

The body portion10,"just below the-.waist y lineY 13, and in parallell'relation -tliefrewith,

is provided with two gronpso'f perforations -18 and 19, which jrepresent the. true waist 'line 'ofthe skirt. '5T-he' -perforations 18y are spaced apart in quarterin'ch-spaees,starting three; and one-half inches frorn the perfora p tion Aadj acent'thefront f the-templet and eontinuing inwardly for a` suitable distance,

'andfall b-ut the first four perforations being zero point at A. 'Endin at the back'of'the'fskirt 1sv a 'sirnilariset of r`perforations 1 9, whi'chare 'in alinement with. the perf'era't'ions"18,"andarev arranged in i 'quarter-'inch spaces,j`the` alternate perforations being numberedfronie at 1B te '26 l VArrmigeci a suiiabiefa'isanel pelo-w the perforations' 20 and 21,1 whieh represent the hip. line, @Xtldh'g between. perforations' C3 and A'D arranged respetivel-y adjacent the front and-'baekedges of the ternp1et,the total 'distan'ee between "said 'points representing forty-five'V in'ehes. *The rperforations j of group 2 1are spacedfat half inch 'intervals niimberedlfreni 1 8ft'o 37, as shown, with the g with a `point; BA

ironr45 at theback of the skirt, inwardly 'to 26 0r 27, 'the ending point D being arranged directly below-thefpointB. `The perforations of group" 20 *are spaced at 'quarter inch intervals and are nunibered up to 45 at E, on the scale l'jof which C is zero, "Which brin s A'the point F1 rnidway between the points andD-.fiff L A group 'of periierationsV 22V are arranged' along the'fro'ntfedge of the templet 10,A and are adapted to deterrninefthefront length oiV the skirt, and *are spaced at Vone i'nCh ,in-

inches below peintrv A 'andru'nning downpo`intA; Another group'of perforatitins 243 tothe back edge lof" the: templet "dire'etly y, '10o tervals starting` `fromV a pointrtwenty-three -vvar'dl'y, each perforatiofnbeing n-unibered in l ya'c'crdanee" :with 1ts distance in linches .from

in line- :Band D andv nuinf' beredin a'eordanee'w'ith theirl distance from yare arranged atene' inch intervals parallel the perforations at A, C,

cal group is the final perforation of a group, the members of which are spaced at inch intervals and are numbered inwardly fromV a maximum of 45 to a minimum yof 27. Still another group of perforations .2A are arranged in the templet 10, representing the greatest length of the skirt from the waist line to its bottom.V These perforations are spaced one inch apart` and are suitably numbered as shown, and enable the operator to determine the proper curvature of the skirt at its bottom. The templet 10 isrprovided with a slot 26, arranged just below the groups of perforations 18 and 19 and parallel therewith, and adapted to slide in said slot is the measure 28, which is secured to the male member of a snap fastener 29, the shank of which engages in said slot, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The measure 28 is provided with a straight edge 30 andV a curved edge 31, the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained. The edge 3() of the measure 28 .is provided with a series of graduationmarks 32 spaced-v one quarter of an inch apart and numbered in accordance with their` distance from the end F beginning with the numeral 18 or 19.

It will be observedthat some of the lower numerals for the graduation of thevarious groups of perforations have been left-off, as these are unnecessary forfthe'reason that very small skirts would seldom be cut out with this templet, but it is obvious that all of the perforations may -beadded if desired, and that all of the groups of perforations may be subdivided in order to obtain measurements in fractions of an inch.

In operating myv invention, the templet 10 is iirst laid flat upon a suitable sheet of paper, the measurements of the skirt dcsired to be cut having first been ascertained. Assuming that it is desired to cut a skirtv pattern having the following dimensions: waist twenty-nine inches; hips forty-one inches; front length thirty-three inches andback length thirty-four inches. Pencil marks are made on the paper through G, H, which is directly below perforation L and determines the width of the skirt at its bottom, J, K, and L, the end F of the-measure 28 is then placed at L, which indicates forty-one inches hip measurement, and then a pencil mark is made at M, which indicates the point of the dart at the hip kjust midway between C and J, a pencil mark is thenmade at N, which representsthe waist measurement of twenty-nine inches, and another pencil mark is also made at O which is the point opposite the graduation 29v on the measure 28. These marks at N and O represent the base of the dart at the waistline.

The templet 10 is then moved down on the paper and theupper edge ofthe same Yin, a similar manner.

is used to4 draw a line through points A and N, and O and L, as showny in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The front edge of the templet is used to d raw a line through points A, C and G, the bottom of the templet is used to draw a line through points G', K and H', and the back edge of the templetisrused to draw laline through points L, J and-H. The measure k28 -is then removed from the snap button 27 and the curved edge 31 of the same is usedto draw lines through M and O, and M and N. The distance between points G and H on the pattern is then equally divided establishing a point P, and a line is then drawn between points M and P. After the pattern has been laid out on the paper as above described, the paper is eut on the line established, thus providing patterns for half of the front of the skirt and half of thev back ofthe skirt.v These patterns are then laid on a piece of dress goods which has been folded, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7 said figures representingonly the front half of the pattern, the back half being handled Itis obvious lthat the pattern cut by the use of my templet provides all of the basic measurements lnecessary to the cutting out of a perfectly fittingvskirt, and that the ingenuity of the maker may be brought into play in allowing for the seams, and for-ornamental embellishments.;

lt is also to` beobserved that bythe use of my templet that the pointof the dartat M ofthei hipvline will -always be Vmidway between the front and back of the skirt and that the distancesv between A and N, and

y0 and B will alwaysxbe equal and-.just one quarter of'v the waistV measurement, regardless of the ,relative measurements of the skirt desired to be cut. f f

Vhat l claim is: Y A templet adaptedto be used for the laying out ofa skirt pattern to correspond to predetermined measurements, said templet being provided with a plurality of measurement indicating points at the waist, hip, front and back lines of a skirt, said indicating points at the waist and hip lines extending approximately across thetemplet between. its front and. back edges andfrepresenting measurement units, said templet being lfurther provided with indicating points for establishing the point of the dart of the skirt on saidvpatternmidway of ypredetermined measurements at the hip line and j4 lufanao MAEEDA. 

